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given someone the bag

given someone the bag is the past participle of give someone the bag.

Meaning of give someone the bag

Verb

give someone the bag (third-person singular simple present gives someone the bag, present participle giving someone the bag, simple past gave someone the bag, past participle given someone the bag)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, transitive) To disappoint (someone).
    • I have felt of the power and terrors of what is yet unseen , he would not thus have lightly given us the bag1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC

Questions about given someone the bag

What is given someone the bag the past participle of?
Given someone the bag is the past participle of give someone the bag.

Words near given someone the bag in the dictionary

  1. given someone line
  2. given someone one
  3. given someone something to think about
  4. given someone the air
  5. given someone the arm
  6. given someone the bag
  7. given someone the boot
  8. given someone the brush-off
  9. given someone the business
  10. given someone the chair
  11. given someone the cold shoulder

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